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PONTIANAK, BORNEO 1945-10-16. OCCUPATION BY 2/33RD BATTALION. BRIGADIER WOODS AND WX299 LIEUTENANT COLONEL T. W. R. COTTON, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE BATTALION, WALKING BETWEEN CROWDS OF CHINESE AND NATIVES FROM THE WHARF WHERE THE BRIGADIER LANDED FROM A CATALINA. THE TWO AUSTRALIANS ARE WALKING TOWARDS THE DUTCH RESIDENCY WHERE A COMPANY HEADQUARTERS HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT R. DONALDSON)
PONTIANAK, BORNEO 1945-10-16. OCCUPATION BY 2/33RD BATTALION. BRIGADIER WOODS ACCOMPANIED BY WX299 LIEUTENANT COLONEL T. W. R. COTTON, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE BATTALION, WALK TOWARDS THE DUTCH RESID
PONTIANAK, BORNEO 1945-10-16. OCCUPATION BY 2/33RD BATTALION. BRIGADIER WOODS ACCOMPANIED BY WX299 LIEUTENANT COLONEL T. W. R. COTTON, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE BATTALION, INSPECTING A GUARD OF HONOUR
PONTIANAK, BORNEO 1945-10-21. OCCUPATION BY 2/33RD BATTALION. A CEREMONY TO MARK THE DEPARTURE OF THE AUSTRALIAN FORCE WAS HELD IN THE GROUNDS OF THE DUTCH RESIDENCY. WX299 LIEUTENANT COLONEL T. W. R.
PONTIANAK, BORNEO 1945-10-16. OCCUPATION BY 2/33RD BATTALION. WX299 LIEUTENANT COLONEL T. W. R. COTTON, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE BATTALION, ABOUT TO READ A PROCLAMATION TO THE RESIDENTS OF PONTIANAK
PONTIANAK, BORNEO 1945-10-16. WX299 LIEUTENANT COLONEL T. W. R. COTTON, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 2/33RD BATTALION LEADS HIS MEN THROUGH AN ARCH BUILT BY THE LOCAL CHINESE TO CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF
PONTIANAK, BORNEO 1945-10-21. OCCUPATION BY 2/33RD BATTALION. MAJOR VAN DER BRINK, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE NETHERLANDS INDIES CIVIL ADMINISTRATION (NICA) DETACHMENT, READS A PROCLAMATION TO THE CITI
